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Home / Ukraine / Ukraine can still win against Russia, but a few very important things need to happen this year, war experts say
Ukraine, Europe and Eurasia, Russia

February 21, 2024

Ukraine can still win against Russia, but a few very important things need to happen this year, war experts say

“This war cannot be won militarily by Ukraine, period, at any point,” the defense expert said, adding: “No matter whether they get $60 billion from the US, if they got sustained funding for a long time, it will not matter because the fundamentals that go into building combat power and national military power are decisively in Russia’s favor.”

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